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The 40th annual XRCO AWARDS SHOW
will be held on Cinco de Mayo
Sunday, MAY 5, 2024

(Mark your calendar and Save The Date!)

    
           CO HOSTS:     Lauren Phillips  &  Caitlin Bell

LOCATION: Boardners in Hollywood
address: 1652 N. Cherokee Ave  (next to Hollywood Blvd.)


THIS IS A FREE INDUSTRY-ONLY EVENT
THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE ADULT INDUSTRY-ONLY PARTY!

EVERYONE IN THE ADULT INDUSTRY IS INVITED!






 LAST YEAR (2023):

HOST:   Jennifer White

2023 TROPHY GIRLS:
   Caitlin Bell  and  Lily Starfire
 
   

Last year we had a GREAT 2023 turnout!  Attendance was estimated at 500-600!

 CLICK HERE to watch the free 2023 NOMS VIDEO

Click HERE for the full 2023 NOMINEE & WINNERS list

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 Doors opened at 6.  XRCO RED CARPET began shortly afterwards.  Show was around 9pm;  afterparty follows.

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 CLICK HERE to watch 2022's
Fantastic Star-Studded
2022 XRCO NOMINATIONS VIDEO !!!


Click HERE for the 2022 NOMINEE and WINNERS list


Trophy Girls
:  Leana Loving & Bunny Madison


THIS IS A
FREE INDUSTRY-ONLY EVENT
THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE ADULT INDUSTRY PARTY!

EVERYONE IN THE ADULT INDUSTRY IS INVITED!



click HERE for links to our previous
XRCO NOMINATIONS VIDEOS

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RECENT PAST SHOWS:





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In 2021:  The 37th annual XRCO AWARDS SHOW

Date:  TUESDAY, Oct 12, 2021
CO-HOSTS:  Britney Amber & Charlotte Stokely
Trophy Girls:  Lulu Chu & Lilly Bell

LOCATION: Boardners in Hollywood

address: 1652 N. Cherokee Ave
(next to Hollywood Blvd.)

Red Carpet: 6pm      Awards Show: 9pm      afterparty follows awards



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Click HERE for the Nominee and Winner List from (2019)

Missed the 2019 show?  Check out AVN's fine write-up from that evening HERE
Our winners were also a big hit in EUROPE - check out their story.



THIS IS A FREE INDUSTRY-ONLY EVENT - THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE ADULT INDUSTRY PARTY!

EVERYONE IN THE ADULT INDUSTRY IS INVITED!  



The BIG 35th Annual

XRCO AWARDS SHOW
(nominations eligibility:  releases & performances during Jan 1-Dec 31 2018)
was held Thursday, June 27, 2019 at BOARDNERS in Hollywood
address: 1652 N. Cherokee Ave
(next to Hollywood Blvd.)

Red Carpet: 6pm      Awards Show: 9pm      afterparty followed awards





Missed the show?  Check out AVN's fine stories from that evening: HERE


 





MORE Recent Previous Years Shows:


The 34th Annual

XRCO AWARDS SHOW
(nominations eligibility:  releases & performances during Jan 1-Dec 31 2017)
was held Thursday, June 28, 2018 at THE ARGYLE in Hollywood
address: 1600 Argyle Ave
(1 block from Hollywood & Vine - across from The W)

Red Carpet: 7pm      Awards Show: 9pm




The 2018 TROPHY GIRLS were IVY WOLFE from Motley Models and ELLA KNOX from VIP Connect


links from 2017 XRCO Awards Show:  
NOMINEES & WINNERS /  AVN write-up / X-BIZ write-up /  LA WEEKLY write-up /  LA WEEKLY photos /  ADULTEMPIRE blog / NAUGHTY NEWS NETWORK /  JIMMY BLAKELY photos


congrats to 2017 XRCO Co-Host ANGELA WHITE for also being chosen to Co-Host the 2018 AVN AWARDS SHOW!
The 33rd Annual
XRCO AWARDS SHOW
(nominations eligibility:  releases & performances during Jan 1-Dec 31 2016)
was held on Thursday, APRIL 27, 2017 at OHM in Hollywood
Red Carpet: 7pm      Awards Show: 9pm

   
EVAN STONE hosted the Hall of Fame portion of the show!
The Trophy Girls (AKA Heart-On Girls) were:  Haley Reed (East Coast Talents) & Honey Gold (Spiegler Girls).








The XRCO is 100% non-political and is funded and supported strictly by sponsors - we need your help and support!







from the 2016 XRCO SHOW 6-22-16:


ARTICLES about the 2016 Show :   NOMINEES  /  WINNERS  /  SHOW STORY  /  HALL OF FAME   TROPHY GIRLS  CO-HOSTS  /  New HALL OF FAME Host
PHOTOS by:   Glenn Francis 1 / Glenn Francis 2 / Rick Garcia / Chris King 1 / Chris King 2 / Marco Pallotti 
NEW!  Link to the 3-D VIDEO of the   2016 Show - free 3-D glasses mailed to you upon request! 

2016's CO-HOSTS WERE:



OUR 2016 CELEBRITY CO-HOSTS were Wicked Pictures Contract Performers
jessica drake and Asa Akira

our "Heart-On Girls" (Trophy Girls) were:
HARLEY JADE (NexxxtLevelTalentAgency.com)
ANYA OLSEN (EastCoastTalents.com)


EVAN STONE helmed this year's Hall of Fame inductions.

The World's Largest Private Adult Industry Party continues - with a bang!

This is a FREE ADULT INDUSTRY ONLY event - no tickets - no fans - admission is based on recognition at the door or via RESERVATIONS.

    RESERVATIONS are highly recommended if you feel you may not be recognized at the door.







CO-HOSTS of the 2015 show:

THOMAS WARD - direct from his hit Las Vegas Show! - and  JESSE (formerly Jesse Jane)

2015 FEATURED:



HANDY XRCO AWARDS SHOW LINKS:
 
      



The XRCO is funded and supported strictly by sponsors - we need your help and support!



AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP DETAILS & PACKAGES


XRCO Chairman:  Dirty Bob

Show Coordinator:  Mike Moz

Press Room:  Chris King

Hall of Fame Presentations:  Evan Stone

Publicist:  Pipeline Multimedia








The L.A. City Council voted to make condoms mandatory while filming within the city limits.
This may be the result of their actions.
 Vid clip from XRCO - http://youtu.be/OaSDTfP22tw


Companies, Directors, or Performers with nomination-quality releases or performances: CLICK HERE


  The X-Rated Critics Organization was founded in 1984 to give adult video reviewers and editors from the adult entertainment industry a voice in selecting the yearly best in X-Rated movies. The purpose was to award works of excellence, recognizing specifically the unique qualities of sexually explicit films. Its original membership included writers from Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia. In 2005 the XRCO welcomed its first Euro confrere.

As the adult medium centralized in Los Angeles, so did many of the organization's members. With the rise of the Internet, membership has since expanded to include writers from major adult web sites. The XRCO remains an organization of, by, and for professional working critics. Voters include writers from a wide range of adult publications and Internet sites.

The first XRCO Awards were presented in Hollywood on February 14, 1985. The original practice of presenting the awards on Valentine's Day was observed until 1991 - now the XRCO Awards Show is a relaxed, low-key affair, more like a big party than a formal presentation, and is now usually staged in the spring or early summer of the year. It is the only awards show in adult entertainment that is not open to the general public and is considered the world's largest private adult industry party. Admission is strictly by reservation or invitation only to recognizable performers, other members of the adult industry, and to the voting members of the XRCO. The yearly event usually brings in 400-600 people. The party is held thanks to the generous support and contributions of our sponsors and is FREE - now this is how to throw a party/awards show!

The show's Co-Hosts every year include some of the biggest names in the business. Additionally, the Trophy Girls (AKA Heart-On Girls as a homage to the original Valentines Day show date), feature up and cumers in the business - most of which quickly rose to stardom due to theur talents and efforts and a bit of a boost from the publicity of being the Trophy Girls. The high-quality heart-shaped trophies have evolved from a thick, hand-made wooden award to a more modern, clear trophy.

Following a Red Carpet papparazzi-filled walk-through similar to the best of Hollywood's publicized parties and premiers, XRCO Awards are given in some 30-40 categories. This includes the Hall of Fame to traditional "Best Movie"-style categories, to awards that are unique to the XRCO, to those that honor the achievements of individual performers (for example, Unsung Siren, Unsung Swordsman). The XRCO's Adult Movie Hall of Fame was the first such and it remains the keystone of the organization. Inductees must have been industry members for at least ten years, and they are chosen with a rigorous, discriminating selectivity equivalent to that of the professional sports Halls of Fame.

The late Jim Holliday was the "Honorary" Historian - a position temporarily filled by founding member Bill Margold who, until 2015, presided over the Hall of Fame inductions.  Beginning in 2016 we are honored for Evan Stone to officiate the Hall of Fame inductions. From 1984 until 2004 the Chairman of the XRCO was Jared Rutter. Jared stepped down as Chairman when his new position at AVN no longer afforded him the time to devote to the XRCO. Although no longer active, in appreciation of his past work Jared will always be considered the XRCO's "Honorary Chairman".

Membership in the XRCO is by invitation only to qualified adult review critics and may be rescinded for any reason at any time.

In May of 2004 two long-time XRCO members, Dirty Bob and Dick Freeman, assumed co-Chairmanship of the XRCO.














Here is a RARE copy of the covers of the very first XRCO video release! br> Unfortunately, the video is no longer available.
If anyone has this video, or any others between then and 1998, please contact us!




WOW! WE ASKED FOR A COPY AND GOT LOTS MORE:
From: "Mayor Defacto" : mayordefacto@gmail.com

While researching the identities of some of the people associated with the 1985 AVC release, A Night of Legends: First Annual XRCO Adult Film Awards, in order to update the title on IMDb, I came across your site. I see you're looking for a copy of this title. I got my copy, on VHS, at a public auction in the late 80's, of the contents of a failed mom & pop video rental place. The tapes in their blue plastic boxes were separate from the boxcovers which would have been placed on display. I got two lots of tapes and several lots of boxcovers, most of which didn't match the tapes I ended up with. When blank CDs got to be a dime a piece, I transfered most of the tapes to disc as VCDs to preserve them, and to save space. My only copy now is on a VCD. The quality is pretty good, considering the source was originally a rental copy, but there are a few sound dropouts and some audio buzz. To order cast lists at IMDb for documentary style titles like this one, where there is no onscreen cast credited, the video must be viewed from start to finish, noting the order of introduction. It's a painstaking, and time consuming procedure, so I combined it with another project, evaluating Google Docs. I decided to create a transcript of the video to offer IMDb editors as evidence of the proper cast order, titles mentioned for movie connections, and Awards info that's particularly sparse for this event. The document I produced is overstuffed with links and screen captures in an attempt to "break" it, so it might not be as polished as if I'd set out to design a site devoted to this title. That document is now HERE.